Psalms 119
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
4 You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
5 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
7 I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments.
I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
11 Your word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against you.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
12 Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes.
Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways.
I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
18 Open you mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
20 My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do go astray from your commandments.
You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 My soul cleaves unto the dust: you restore life in me according to your word.
[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according unto your word.
My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
31 I have stuck unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.
Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and you restore life in me in your way.
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
38 Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I have longed after your precepts: restore life in me in your righteousness.
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
41 Let your mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
44 So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever.
And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.
And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
48 My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.
And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
49 Remember the word unto your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.
[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
52 I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
53 Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
56 This I had, because I kept your precepts.
This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
57 You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
58 I implored your favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to your word.
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
65 You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according unto your word.
[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
68 You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.
Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
75 I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word unto your servant.
Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.
Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.
The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those that fear you turn unto me, and those that have known your testimonies.
Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
82 Mine eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, which are not after your law.
The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
86 All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help you me.
All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not your precepts.
They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Restore life in me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth.
Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
89 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness is unto all generations: you have established the earth, and it abides.
Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
91 They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.
According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have quickened me.
I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
94 I am yours, save me: for I have sought your precepts.
I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
97 O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
98 You through your commandments have made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me.
I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
103 How sweet are your words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
104 Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.
I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
107 I am afflicted very much: restore life in me, O LORD, according unto your word.
I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I plead to you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
111 Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform your statutes always, even unto the end.
I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
113 I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.
[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word.
You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
115 Depart from me, all of you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto your statutes continually.
Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down all them that go astray from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be guarantor for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according unto your mercy, and teach me your statutes.
Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple.
The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.
I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
132 Look you upon me, and be merciful unto me, as you use to do unto those that love your name.
Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
135 Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes.
Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not your law.
Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
137 Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
138 Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
139 My zeal has consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
140 Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget your precepts.
I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
144 The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.
[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
146 I cried unto you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in your word.
My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
149 Hear my voice according unto your loving kindness: O LORD, restore life in me according to your judgment.
Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.
My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
152 Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: restore life in me according to your word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: restore life in me according to your judgments.
Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies.
My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
159 Consider how I love your precepts: restore life in me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
160 Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.
The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and detest lying: but your law do I love.
I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
165 Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments.
I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
167 My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.
I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
169 Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
173 Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
174 I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight.
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me.
My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
